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Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football program represents the University of Tulsa in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Tulsa has competed in the American Athletic Conference since the 2014 season and was previously a member of Conference USA, the team is currently led by head coach Philip Montgomery. Tulsa plays its games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa. The University of Tulsa has the smallest undergraduate enrollment of all schools that participate at the FBS level, Tulsa was known as Henry Kendall College until the move from Muskogee to Tulsa was completed in 1907. It was during this time that the first football team would represent the University, the team would go 1–0, defeating the Bacone Indians. Both the exact date and score of the game were not recorded, over the next twelve years, Kendall would play 17 games, going 8–8–1, but not fielding a team for four years. The most common opponent was Arkansas, who met with Tulsa four times, now established in Tulsa, the football team began to grow. In 1913, Kendall went 5–2 under George Evans, sam P. McBirney, who coached the 2–31908 squad, would then return to coach the team in 1914. His first two years back would both be successful, a 6–2 record in 1914 and 6–1–1 the following year, but the undefeated 1916 squad would bring national recognition to Tulsa. The 1916 Hurricane outscored its opponents 566–40, including an 81–0 defeat of Cumberland, there were rumors of playing Notre Dame for the Mid-America Championship, but the two teams never met. Kendall College would return to form after World War I, to go 8–0–1 under Francis Schmidt, the new coach was known as Close the Gates of Mercy Schmidt because of his efforts to run up the score on inferior teams. The 1919 season gave Kendall their first defeat of the Oklahoma Sooners, ultimately, Schmidts style would cost Tulsa their coach, as he attracted the attention of University of Arkansas boosters with a 63–7 defeat of the Razorbacks in 1919. Schmidt would sign with and coach the Hogs from 1922–1928, howard Archer would leave his mark on the program in two ways. Tulsa did not miss a beat after Schmidts departure, and went 8–0 in 1922 and this included a 13–6 defeat of Schmidt-coached Arkansas in Fayetteville. Archer also gave the newly named University of Tulsa an athletic identity, previously, the team had been referred to as Orange and Black, Kendallites, Presbyterians, Tigers, and Tulsans. Archer put a vote to the team to replace Golden Tornadoes, the vote resulted in Golden Hurricane, which it has remained ever since. The coach would not have the power of his nickname, however. TU gave Henderson a large contract to leave the mighty Trojans of USC, the Hurricane had great success on and off the field under Henderson, going 62–17–3 in his first nine years, winning four Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference championships

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Bacone College
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Bacone College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1880 as the Indian University by Almon C, Bacone, Bacone College is the oldest continuously operated institution of higher education in Oklahoma. The college has strong ties to various tribal nations, including the Cherokee Nation and the Muscogee Nation. Its current president is Franklin K. Willis, a graduate of Harvard, Michigan Law School and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, the college traces its origins to a request to the American Baptist Home Mission Society by Professor Almon C. Bacone, a teacher, to start a school in the Cherokee Baptist Mission at Tahlequah. Bacone had previously taught at the Cherokee Male Seminary established in Indian Territory, according to writer John Bartlett Meserve, Bacone College had its origins in a Baptist Mission school at Valley Town in North Carolina. That school became noted because of the work of Evan Jones, after most of the Cherokee were removed to Indian Territory, the Valley Town school moved to a site near what developed as the present town of Westville. In 1867, Evan Jones son, John B, Jones, moved the school to Talequah. The mission school moved to Muskogee in 1885 and changed its name to Bacone, when he started Bacone College, Professor Bacone, the sole faculty, enrolled three students. By the end of the first semester, there were 12, by the end of the first year, the student population was 56 and the faculty numbered three. Seeing the need to expand, he appealed to the Muscogee Creek Nations Tribal Council for 160 acres of land in nearby Muskogee, the land was granted, and in 1885 Indian University was moved to its present site. In 1910, it was renamed Bacone Indian University after its founder, the Board of Trustees later changed the name to the current Bacone College, as it emphasizes undergraduate education. The campus contains many reminders of Bacones history, tradition, one of these is a small cemetery, where Bacone presidents Almon C. Bacone and Benjamin D. Weeks were buried, as well as associated with the school over the years. One of the first buildings to be erected was Rockefeller Hall, old Rock, as it came to be called, served as classroom, dormitory, dining hall, chapel, teacher quarters and administration building. It was razed in 1938 and a Memorial Chapel was built in its place and that was destroyed by fire but rebuilt in the 1990s. The historic buildings of the campus were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, the campus contains many other reminders of Bacones history, tradition, and goals. One of these is a cemetery, the final resting place of Bacone presidents Almon C

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Muskogee, Oklahoma
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Muskogee is a city in and the county seat of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately 48 miles southeast of Tulsa, the population of the city was 39,223 as of the 2010 census, a 2.4 percent increase from 38,310 at the 2000 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in Oklahoma. The 1951 film Jim Thorpe, All American, starring Burt Lancaster, was filmed on the campus of Bacone Indian College at Muskogee, two feature films were recently shot in Muskogee, Salvation and Denizen. After the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 under President Andrew Jackson and they were accompanied by their slaves to this area. The Indian Agency, a stone building, was built here in Muskogee. It was a site for meetings among the leaders of the Five Civilized Tribes, today it serves as a museum. At the top of what is known as Agency Hill, it is within Honor Heights Park on the west side of Muskogee, in 1872, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad was extended to the area. A federal court was established in Muskogee in 1889, around the time that Congress opened portions of Indian Territory to non-Native settlers via land rushes. The city was incorporated on March 19,1898, ohio native Charles N. Haskell moved to the city in March 1901. Haskell built the first five-story business block in Oklahoma Territory, he built, as Muskogee’s economic and business importance grew, so did its political power. In the years before the territory was admitted as a state and they met together August 21,1905 to propose the State of Sequoyah, to be controlled by Native Americans. They met in Muskogee to draft its constitution, planning to have Muskogee serve as the States capital, the proposal was vetoed by US President Theodore Roosevelt and mostly ignored by Congress, the proposed State of Sequoyah was never authorized. The US admitted the State of Oklahoma to the Union on November 16,1907 as the 46th State, Muskogee attracted national and international attention when, in May 2008, voters elected John Tyler Hammons as mayor. Nineteen years old at the time of his election, Hammons is among the youngest mayors in American history, Muskogee is an economic center for eastern Oklahoma and operates the Port of Muskogee on the Arkansas River, which is accessible from the Gulf of Mexico. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 38.8 square miles. Muskogee is near the confluence of the Arkansas River, Verdigris River and Grand River. It is served by U. S. Route 62, U. S. Route 64, U. S. Route 69, Oklahoma State Highway 16, Oklahoma State Highway 165, Oklahoma State Highway 351 and the Muskogee Turnpike. Muskogee lies in the Arkansas River Valley and has a low, the city is on the boundary of the oak and hickory forest region of eastern Oklahoma and the prairie, Great Plains region of northeastern Oklahoma

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Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. The citys population was 15,753 at the 2010 census, the 2014 estimated population is 16,496. It is the county seat of Cherokee County, the main campus of Northeastern State University is located in the city. Tahlequah is the capital of the two federally recognized Cherokee tribes based in Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, many linguists believe the word Tahlequah and the word Teh-li-co are the same as di li gwa, the Cherokee word for grain or rice. Scholars report the Cherokee word di li gwa describes a type of grain with a red hue that grew in the flat open areas of east Tennessee. One area, Great Tellico, was named for the grass with the red seed tops, others interpret a word tel-i-quah as plains, however, there is no word for plains in the Cherokee lexicon, and the word tel-i-quah is not found in the lexicon. The idea that tahlequah means plains lends weight to the belief that the name refers to the open grassy areas of Great Tellico. Another explanation is the name Tahlequah came from the Cherokee words Ta-li, the story goes that when the Cherokee came to Tahlequah there were supposed to be 3 different Chiefs at the meeting. For whatever reason the 3rd Chief was delayed, the people said two is enough or ta-li-ye-li-quu which later became anglicanized to Tahlequah. When the Cherokee first arrived in the Tahlequah area, they noticed the native grasses that grew in the areas around the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. This reminded them of the grassy open areas of Tellico, so they called their new home di li gwa. Local legend states the name is derived from Cherokee words meaning just two or two is enough, supposedly three tribal elders had planned to meet to determine the location of the Cherokee Nations permanent capital. Two elders arrived and waited for the third, as dusk approached, they decided that two is enough. According to tribal elders and Cherokee County elders, this legend first began to circulate in the 1930s, Tahlequah was a settlement as early as 1832. After the Western Cherokee agreed in 1834 to let the newer migrants settle near them, Tahlequah was named long before it was chosen as the Cherokee capital. In 1839, Tahlequah was designated the capital of ancestors of both the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, initially the government buildings were a complex of log or framed structures. Most of these buildings were destroyed during the Civil War, during which the Cherokee became divided into two opposing sides. After the war, a brick capitol was built and first occupied in 1870, in 1907, at the time of Oklahoma statehood, the building was converted into the Cherokee County courthouse

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Lyon College
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Lyon College is an independent, residential, co-educational, undergraduate liberal arts college located in Batesville, Arkansas, United States. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, founded in 1872, it is the oldest independent college in Arkansas. Lyon College was originally called Arkansas College and it was founded in 1872 by the Rev. Isaac Long. Named one of Americas Top Colleges by Forbes. com Named a Best National Liberal Arts College by U. S, in a record unmatched by another college in Arkansas, Lyon boasts 14 out of the last 21 Carnegie/CASE Arkansas Professors of the Year. Lyon has a class size of 15 and a student-teacher ratio of 12,1. Lyon enrolls approximately 700 students from 21 states and 14 countries, the middle 50% of entering freshmen score between 22 and 27 on the ACT, while 72% rank in the top quartile of their high school graduating classes. In the fall of 2014, Lyon enrolled the largest entering class in the history with more than 300 new students. Lyons 136-acre campus features facilities such as the Derby Center for Science and Mathematics, the black-box Holloway Theatre, nine student residence halls are clustered into the three houses that make up the Colleges residential house system. Academic buildings and all residence halls have digital key card access for additional security, the Mabee-Simpson Library contains more than 200,000 media items and provides access to more than 20,000 periodicals. Bryan Lake, located on the portion of the campus, features a walking path, flowering trees. Lyon College teams, nicknamed athletically as the Scots, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, prior to the 2012-13 season, the Scots competed in the TranSouth Athletic Conference. The college also fields an extensive sports program

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1899 Arkansas Cardinals football team
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The 1899 Arkansas Cardinals football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1899 college football season. The Cardinals played four intercollegiate football games and one game against a school team from Joplin. They compiled a 3–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 37 to 21. The teams one loss came against Oklahoma by an 11–5 score, colbert Searles was the teams football coach in 1899 and 1900. He was a graduate of Wesleyan University and a professor of romance languages, in the summer of 1901, he left the University of Arkansas to accept a position as a professor at Stanford University. The teams roster in 1899 included the players, Oscar Briggs, Wm. A. Freeman, H. H. Ham, Charles D. Harrison, DeMatt Henderson, Wilburn D. Hobbs, Frank D. James, J. K. McCall. Smith, James Vanderventer, and Ashton Vincenheller

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Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Fayetteville is the third-largest city in Arkansas and county seat of Washington County. The city is located within the county and has been home of the University of Arkansas since the institutions founding in 1871. Fayetteville is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks, known as Washington until 1829, the city was named after Fayetteville, Tennessee, from which many of the settlers had come. It was incorporated on November 3,1836 and was rechartered in 1867, the four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area is ranked 105th in terms of population in the United States with 463,204 in 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau. The city had a population of 73,580 at the 2010 Census, at 1,400 feet of elevation, it is also one of the highest major US cites between the western Great Plains and the Appalachian Mountains. Fayetteville is home to the University of Arkansas, the states largest university, when classes are in session, thousands of students on campus dramatically change the citys demographics. Thousands of Arkansas Razorbacks alumni and fans travel to Fayetteville to attend football, basketball, the Universitys mens track and field program has won 41 national championships to date. Forbes also ranked Fayetteville as the 24th-best city for business and careers in 2016, lonely Planet named Fayetteville among its top 20 places to visit in the South in 2016. Based in nearby Bentonville, the Walmart corporation has dominated Fayettevilles economy, the city hosts the Wal-Mart Shareholders Meetings each year at the Bud Walton Arena. In 1828, George McGarrah settled at Big Spring with his family on the modern day corner of Spring and Willow, founding the town of Washington, on October 17, Washington County was established, Washington chosen as the county seat. The Washington Courthouse was finished in 1829, and also contained the post office, later in the year Postmaster Larkin Newton changed the name to the Fayetteville Courthouse, to avoid confusing with Washington, Hempstead County. Two councilmen selected to name the city were from Fayetteville, Tennessee and that original Fayetteville was named for General Lafayette, a French general who helped the colonies gain independence in the American Revolutionary War. The first store in Fayetteville was opened by John Nye in a building constructed by James Holmsley. In 1832 David Walker, Chief Justice of the Arkansas supreme court, in 1822 Archibald Yell, the second Governor of Arkansas, built a house and called it Waxhaw after his home in North Carolina. This was on the outskirts of town then but now is a named after him that connects College. The first hotels were the Burnside House and the Onstott House, Fayetteville was incorporated as a town on November 3,1836. In 1859, a city charter was obtained from the Legislature, during the Civil War the municipal government was suspended and was not reinstated until 1867. Rhea was the president of the trustees in 1836, J. W. Walker was the first mayor under the charter of 1859

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Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
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Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium is a football stadium located on the campus of the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is primarily the home of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Skelly Field was built in 1930 as a 14, 500-seat stadium. It was named for its benefactor, William Skelly, the founder of Skelly Oil. Tulsa defeated Arkansas 26–6 at the game on October 4,1930. In 1947 the north stands were added and the stadium was renamed Skelly Stadium, in 1965, the track was removed, the field was lowered, the west stands were expanded and the south stands were added, bringing the total capacity to 40,385 seats. In February 2005, the stands were demolished to make way for the new Case Athletic Complex. In 2007–2008, the stadium was renovated, reducing capacity to 30,000 The stadium, located on historic U. S. Route 66, the stadium was also home to the Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League 1978–1984 and the short-lived Tulsa Mustangs of the AFA. The stadiums attendance record was established on September 26,1987, on April 26,2007 it was reported that, with a renovation project underway, the stadium was renamed as Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium after the primary benefactor of the renovation. The stadium is used for Union Public Schools versus Jenks Public Schools football games. The stadium was renovated following the end of the 2007 football season, the project included new seating, a new pressbox, club and loge seating, and a new scoreboard. With the removal of the section of the west stands, seating capacity dropped to approximately 30,000. Pro Teams at Skelly Stadium on FunWhileItLasted. net Skelly Stadium from TulsaHurricane. com Stadium Renovation Page

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University of Tulsa
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The University of Tulsa is a private university located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The university is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. The university is renowned for its programs in law, English, computer science, natural sciences, psychology and its faculty includes prominent scholars, scientists, and writers, including Russian dissident poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, political scientist Robert Donaldson and others. The campuss design is predominantly Collegiate Gothic, the university manages the Gilcrease Museum, which includes one of the largest collections of American Western art in the world, and in 2016, The Bob Dylan Archive was placed at the university. TUs athletic teams are known as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. The Presbyterian School for Girls was founded in Muskogee, Indian Territory, in 1894, the young school expanded to become Henry Kendall College, named in honor of Reverend Henry Kendall, secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions. The first president was William A. Caldwell, who served a brief, Kendall College, while still in Muskogee, granted the first post-secondary degree in Oklahoma in June 1898. Under King, the college was moved from its location in downtown Muskogee to a larger campus on lands donated by Creek Nation Chief Pleasant Porter. The opening of the new campus coincided with the start of the tenure of the third president, over the next ten years, Evans oversaw the struggling schools growth. At the request of the administration, the Synod of Indian Territory assumed control as trustees, when the administration was approached by the comparatively smaller town of Tulsa and offered a chance to move, the decision was made to relocate. The Tulsa Commercial Club decided to bid for the college, Club members who packaged a bid in 1907 to move the college to Tulsa included, B. Betters, H. O. McClure, L. N. Butts, W. L. North, James H. Hall, stebbins, Rev. Charles W. Kerr, C. H. Nicholson. The offer included $100,000,20 acres of real estate, the school opened to thirty-five students in September 1907, two months before Oklahoma became a state. These first students attended classes at the First Presbyterian Church until permanent buildings could be erected on the new campus and this became the start of higher education in Tulsa. Kendall Hall, the first building of the new school, was completed in 1908 and was followed by two other buildings. All three buildings have since demolished, with Kendall the last to be razed in 1972. The bell that hung in the Kendall Building tower was saved and displayed in Bayless Plaza. In 1918, the Methodist Church proposed building a college in Tulsa, the proposed college was to be named McFarlin College

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The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band
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The Sound of the Golden Hurricane is the school marching band for the University of Tulsa, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The band is currently under the direction of Mr. Andrew Anderson, overseen by the Director of Instrumental Ensembles, the percussion section of the band is directed by Mr. Chaz Chinsethagid, and the bands colorguard is directed by Ms. Della Hernandez. It specializes in performing a variety of music geared to crowd entertainment, the band performs a different halftime show for almost every home game throughout each football season, and introduced a new pre-game routine in 2013. The Sound will also debut new uniforms during the 2016 season, the band performs at every home game for the Golden Hurricane football team in Chapman Stadium, as well as selected away games and bowl appearances. The band also performs at many mens and womens basketball games at the University of Tulsas Reynolds Center, the band has appeared on several Tulsa news stations and ESPN broadcasts of TU football games. The band has performed at several games, including the Independence Bowl, GMAC Bowl, Harvest Bowl, Liberty Bowl. The Sound of the Golden Hurricane is officially considered a part of the TU curriculum, students may earn credit for marching in the band